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The Right to Free Assembly in the Balkans
The summary report identifies some areas of concern that will need further attention in the region, including the over bureaucratisation of the administrative procedures or the high levels of responsibilities for organizers.
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New Comparative Briefer on Social Entrepreneurship
ECNL supports the development of a regulatory framework for social enterprises in Jamaica.
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Italian law increases penalties related to protests and criminalises NGOs’ rescue of migrants at sea
The new law introduces harsher provisions regulating assemblies taking place in public places or private spaces open to the public.
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How do security and counter-terrorism measures impact civil society space?
ECNL's briefer on the 2019 Human Rights Council report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism.
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First draft of the General Comment on the right to peaceful assembly is now available
The draft incorporates some of main points of ECNL's previous submission. We continue supporting the drafting process, as we strongly believe that the GC will contribute to strengthening the safeguards for this fundamental right.
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Ukrainian Constitutional Court Cancels Asset Declarations for Activists
This crucial development means that the 2017 discriminatory provisions requiring anti-corruption activists to publicly disclose information about their property and assets, are no longer in force in Ukraine.
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ECNL Stichting is hiring a Legal Advisor!
Help create safeguards that protect freedom of association, assembly and other civic space freedoms globally, on European and national level.
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AI systems should respect freedom of assembly and association, says CoE Human Rights Commissioner Recommendation
The new Recommendation recognizes the importance to consider civic space issues when developing Artificial Intelligence.
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